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Definition of periphery : 1. The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.
2. The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.

Synonyms:

outer boundary, circuit, bang, edging, ambit, outskirt, interference fringe, borderline, study at circumference, compass

fringe, verge, precipice, margin, sharpness, curb, border, outline, edge, boundary, perimeter, brink, extremity, brim, ring, side, tip, coast, rim, frontier limit, fence

form, limit, configuration, silhouette, skeleton, plan, figure, girth, tracing, contour, frame, profile, sketch, drawing, representation, wire frame, delineation, circumference, framework

objectivity, impartiality, outside, surface, exterior, objectiveness, disinterestedness, detachment

Usage examples:

• The other surface consisted of a small pad which rested with frictional pressure on the periphery of the drum. - "Edison, His Life and Inventions", Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin.
• So with a dyspeptic self- consciousness he rejected the pork, picked off the periphery of the bread near the crust, cautiously avoiding the dough- bogs in the middle; but then he revenged himself by falling furiously upon the aquatic potatoes, out of which most of the nutriment had been soaked. - "The Mystery of Metropolisville", Edward Eggleston.
• I felt as if all warmth had gone out of my life; as if a joy had taken flight; as if a precious something had withdrawn itself from my possession, and the gap in my periphery had closed again. - "Peter Ibbetson", George Du Maurier.